Attention: Robin Lee Hatcher is holding a contest through June 12, 2010 for a set of the 3 books in this series. The information is on Robin’s website.

I liked A Matter of Character better than number 2 in this series, Fit To Be Tied. Maybe it’s because the heroine is a writer, and I like to write. Maybe because I liked her character, her spirit, and the way she faced life and dealt with people. Maybe it’s because she likes new gadgets – although hers are a car and typewriter while mine are iPods and pocket camcorders.

These days there are women writers all over the internet, in magazines, and everywhere else. In 1918, Daphne, the heroine, used a pseudonymn so her books would be published and so she wouldn’t shame her family by writing dime novels. Daphne writes novels about the older times in the west. [Guess that topic has always been popular.] Her villian, Rawhide Rick, was based on a real man. Rawhide Rick’s grandson is the hero of the story. Joshua is a journalist and not happy that his revered grandfather is portrayed as a villian. So who’s right? Was Rawhide Rick a villian or a saint? [Read more...]